The hotel Amalfi run by the family Lucibello, also owners, has offered its warm hospitality since 1972.The building is an old, completely restored pasta factory situated in the quarter called "TRUGLIO" and is accessible by the main street Via Lorenzod'Amalfi.The term Truglio is an onomatopoeic word deriving from the Arabic language indicating the boiling of the mixture of water and flourin the preparation tubs. Thanks to its old destination the hotel stands in a cool and dry place in the very centre of the town at a few meters distance from the Arab-Norman Cathedral overlooking the main square fromits imposing flight of steps.Also the beaches and piers to Salerno, Naples, Ischia, Capri and Positano are near the hotel as well as the bus terminals and parkings and all the services useful to those who choose the stay in the most ancient of the Italian Sea Republics.The simply but tastefully furnished 40 rooms have WC/shower, telephone, satellite-TV,safe,a lot with air-conditioning on payment (10,00 euro per day). Some rooms have balconies livelily coloured with eraniums. In order to make theguests'stay as comfortable as possible the hotel offers American-bar,TV-room,reading-room, terrace, roof-garden, lift. The restaurant on the 5th floor has been conceived as an open space thanks to its glass windows with view on the mediterranean style hoeses of the historical centre.In summer time it is possible to have dinner on the wide terrace, where breakfast is also served. The cuisine is typical of the region, based on the fresh fish of the Amalfitan coast and the products chosen daily for their quality and genuinity.Every dish is prepared with care and love for the mediterranean gastronomic tradition. The proposed menus are always to satisfy the guests'taste as well as possible.The pride of the hotel Amalfi is its typical terrace garden of the Amalfi coast.The age-old orange and lemon trees offer their serene freshness,an oasis of relax, where the guests can spend their leisure hours.The delicious fruits are served at table or as fruit juice at breakfast.The garage (at about 100 meters from the hotel) is on request: 18,00 euro per day.